Cheers,

YourZ

I agree first that your “album” suggestion “Mezzanine” is a powerful album in their shift of depth, but I personally tend to lead people toward their “100th Window” album (which 5 of your 14 songs listed are from – which I think says something for a 9-song album in its own right)

But if I had to pick 14 tracks across their decades of brilliant work to give people a taste of them as you did, I would probably give this list a try (you’ll notice several songs I, too, share your opinions on):

1 Unfinished Sympathy (off Blue Lines)
2 Karmacoma (off Protection)
3 Weather Storm (off Protection)
4 Sly (off Protection)
5 Teardrop (off Mezzanine)
6 Risingson (off Mezzanine)
7 Black Milk (off Mezzanine)
8 Reflection (off Inertia Creeps EU single)
9 I Against I (off Special Cases EU single)
10 Butterfly Caught (off 100th Window)
11 Everywhen (off 100th Window)
12 Danny The Dog (off Danny The Dog)
13 United Snakes (pre-release promo for 2010 album)

…but definitely HANDS-DOWN, total agreement, THE song that has always hit me (and should always be the last song on any compilation due to how it ends) is indeed:

14 Antistar (off 100th Window)

You mention there is something sinister about it. For me, I find it cathartic. The last 2 lines of the song are so poignant – like the final sentences in any final letter you write never expecting (or caring) to get a reply to:

“Iconography fucks with me. You look great in blood stains.”

There ya go… cheers.

-J. Kraley